Tracy's Hawthorn
Crataegus tracyinative · Hill Country
Tracy's Hawthorn is a tree native to the Texas Hill Country that grows 13–25 ft tall and 15 ft wide. It wants full sun or part shade and low water. Blooms white in Apr–May. Deer rarely browse it. Good for butterflies.
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The facts
4 sources- Type
- Tree
- Sun
- Full sun to part shade (3–6 hrs of direct sun)
- Water
- Low
- Height
- 13–25 ft
- Spread
- 15 ft
- Bloom
- Apr–May · white
- Foliage
- Deciduous or dies back in winter
- Soil
- Recorded on dry, granitic, rocky
- Deer
- High — deer rarely browse it
- Wildlife
- Supports butterflies
Where it grows
Recorded in these EPA Level IV ecoregions in the Austin and Hill Country launch area:
Balcones CanyonlandsLlano UpliftEdwards Plateau Woodland
14 occurrence records in Central Texas (GBIF).
Can you buy it?
Also grows here — hard to find. Native and recorded growing in Central Texas, but not on the grower stock lists we read. Sourcing varies: some are stocked widely, others you will have to hunt for.